Civil Rights

Clause that requires states to apply the law the same way for one person that they would for another in the same situation. 

• Establishment 
• Equal Protection
• Affirmative Action
• Strict Scrutiny 

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

After Brown v. Board of Education, 9 AA students were admitted into a High School. The governor and state national guard stood in front of the doors stopping the admission. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the students. Where did the event take place?

• Little Rock, Arkansas
• Montgomery, Alabama 
• Washington DC
• Del Rio, Texas 

The Civil Rights Era in U.S. History is most characterized by social changes brought about by

• groups involved in violent riots and protests in American cities
• the efforts of leaders advocating non-violent civil disobedience
• the cooperation among the labor unions to pass new legislation
• a series of presidential initiatives aimed at ending racial segregation